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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS E. OEANE, OE IIEATHsvILLE, VIRGINIA.

' FERTlhlzER-FEED FOR omLLs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,546, dated February l7, 1888.

Application filed November 3, 1887. Serial No. 254,152. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- While this result is desired, another object is 5o Be it known that I, THOMAS R. CRANE, a attained by my construction that is imporcitizen of theUnited States, residingatHeathstant-to wit, the rocksl1aft G and agitators ville, in the county of Northumberland and may be removed from the hopperywithout de- 5 State of Virginia/have invented certain new taching either the hopper ends F or the agiand useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Feeds tators I. To remove the rock-shaft it is only 55 for Drills, of which the following is a specifinecessary to take off the bearing-plates d,- cation. Y which, being On the outer surface of the hop- My invention relates/to certain improveper ends F, can be readily done. When the rc ments in -agitators of fertilizer-feeds for drills; plates d are off, the openings c in the ends are and said invention is hereinafter first deexposed. The rock-shaft may then be moved 6o scribed, and then pointed out in the claim. endwise, so that one journal end will project Referring to the accompanying drawings, through one of the said Openings e far enough Figures 1 and 2 show broad and narrow side to entirely withdraw the opposite journal end r 5 views of the agitator device. Figs. 3, 4, and from the other Opening e. The latter end may 5 each show an agitator-foot, the top part of then be raised and the entire rock-shaft re- 65 which has a different shape, but each a' like moved. blunt face and sharp back. Fig. 6 is a verti- The agitators I on the rock-shaft have three cal cross-section of the hopper, showing the prongs, n, and each side prong has a foot, o, 2O agitator in position. Fig. 7 is a top plan, be- Of peculiar shape. The peculiarity of this foot ing a horizontal ysection of` the hopper and a is'thaton one side it has a bluntface, o', which 7o -view of the agitator. Fig. 8 is a view of the in swinging one Way will push the fertilizer l shaft bearing on the Outside of the endl Of the to the discharge-opening b, and on the oppohopper. Fig. 9 is a vertical section Of the site side the foot has a sharp or knife-edge 25 saine. Fig. 10 is a horizontal section Of the back, o2, which in swinging the opposite way same. Y will cut under the fertilizer. This foot is well 75 The letter A designates the -hopper or box suited for a vibrating'agitator. So far as conto receive the fertilizer, and which has a concerns the plan shape of this foot, that is irncaved bottom, b, provided with dischargematerial. n It may be rectangular, asin Figs.

3o openings c. A rockshaft, G, extends longi- 1,2 and 3. Itsjpush-face-o may have the form tudinally through the hopper, and has its ends of an obtuse angle, as in Fig. 4, Or the push- 8O supported in adjustable bearings d, secured to face may be a simple concave, as in Fig. 5.

A the ends F. Each of the two ends has an open- Having described my invention, I claim and ing, e, which is closed by the bearing-plates d, desire to secure by Letters Patent Of the United 5 which may be moved or adjusted lvertically *Statessufficient to locate the agitator-foot o in the In a fertilizer-hopper, the combination of 85 proper relative position with respect to the the bottom having discharge-Openings c, and bottom b. The bearing-plate d has a central the vibrating agitator I, having two side boss, i', which occupies the opening c, and prongs, n, each provided withafoothaving at 4o which is provided with a hole for the journal one side a blunt push-face, o', and at the oppoend h of the rock shaft. It also has a flange, site side a knife-edge back, o2, for the purpose 9o j, which bears against the outer surface of the set forth. vend F, and said flange has two slots, 7c. A In testimony whereof I afx my signature in bolt or set-screw, Z, occupies each slot and enthe presence of two witnesses.

45 ters the end F. The loosening of the screws THOMAS R CRANE A l will allow the bearing-plate to be vertically adj usted, and thereby raise or lower the rock- Witnesses: shaft G, and the feet o of the agitators may be JOHN E. MORRIS, brought as close to the bottom b as desired. JNO. T. MADDOX. 

